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	<title>PINOY OFW &#187; Hong Kong</title>
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		<title>HK Excludes Domestic Helpers From Minimum Wage Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Helpers / Au Pairs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asian Migrants Coordinating Body (AMCB) spokesperson Dolores Balladares told GMANews.TV in a phone interview that Hong Kong’s Legislative Council shot down an amendment to the proposed Statutory Minimum Wage (SMW) that would have included foreign domestic workers. “Slavery, marginalization and discrimination has now been put into law in HK. There is neither justice nor democracy [...]


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		<title>Filipino Student Perfects Math Score in Hong Kong Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adrian Reginald Sy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Primary Mathematics World Contest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By garnering a perfect score, a Filipino student has aced the just-concluded 13th Primary Mathematics World Contest (PMWC) here and helped put the Philippines on second place in the 14-nation competition. With an 11-medal haul, the 16-member Philippine math team tied on Monday night powerhouse China in the annual contest, topped by Taiwan, which had [...]


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		<title>Connecting OFWs with Families and Friends Through Facebook</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/2320-connecting-ofws-with-families-and-friends-through-facebook.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 02:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PINOY OFW ADMIN</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[OFW Families]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the advent of the worldwide web in 1989, the world has never been the same again. And with social networking coming into the picture in the early 2000s, netizens found an even bigger excuse to connect with each other. The first networking site to attract millions of users was Friendster, which dominated the web [...]


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		<title>DFA Airs Concern on Rising OFW Drug Cases</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PINOY OFW ADMIN</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hong Kong]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) expressed concern on Saturday on Filipinos continuously being used as “drug mules” following the recent arrest of three Filipinas in Hong Kong and Macau. According to the Philippine Consulate-General (PCG) in Macau, a Filipina was arrested last June 26 for allegedly smuggling almost one kilogram of drugs hidden in [...]


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		<title>Filipina DH in HK Killed Boss in &#8216;Psychotic&#8217; Attack</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SCMP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime Related]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maria Jestle Guarin San Jose]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A schizophrenic Filipino domestic helper chopped her employer, a senior civil servant, to death &#8211; severing her spine and exposing her internal organs &#8211; because she believed the woman had &#8220;taken her body and soul&#8221;. Maria Jestle Guarin San Jose, 37, told police after the attack that a neighbour had hypnotised her and told her [...]


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		<title>3 Pinay &#8216;Mules&#8217; Nabbed in Hong Kong, Macau</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/1930-3-pinay-mules-nabbed-in-hong-kong-macau.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GMANEWS.TV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime Related]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has expressed alarm over the growing number of Filipinos picked up and detained in Hong Kong and Macau prisons for acting as “mules&#8221; or illegal drugs couriers. Last month alone, three Filipinas were arrested in separate instances in the two Chinese territories for allegedly attempting to smuggle illegal substances. [...]


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		<title>HK OFWs Ask Aquino: Cut Passport Cost</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/1898-hk-ofws-ask-aquino-cut-passport-cost.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>INQUIRER.NET</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Benigno Aquino III should work to lower passport cost for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), organizations of Filipino migrant workers in Hong Kong said. Almost 10,000 OFWs signed a petition expressing this demand which the United Filipinos in Hong Kong-Migrante and Gabriela-Hong Kong submitted to the Philippine consulate general there. HK-based OFWs applying for an [...]


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		<title>Hong Kong OFWs Bare 10-pt Agenda to Noynoy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PINOY OFW ADMIN</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Philippine Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noynoy Aquino]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Filipino migrant workers based in Hong Kong want Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to end what they call the anti-migrant policies of his predecessor, President Arroyo. “President-elect Noynoy Aquino can start fulfilling his promise of positive change by, first and foremost, scrapping Arroyo’s policies to OFWs that transformed us into cash cows of her corrupt regime [...]


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		<title>2010 Philippine Independence Day Celebrations in Hong Kong</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>INQUIRER.NET</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Claro Cristobal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independence Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shanghai Expo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The grandest and most spectacular display of Philippine culture and artistry is set to unfold Saturday and Sunday as the Filipino community in Hong Kong celebrates the Philippines’ 112th Independence Day. The celebration, dubbed “Hou Yeh, Pinoy,” will kick off Saturday at Victoria Park in Causeway Bay with a brunch reception at 11 a.m. for [...]


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		<title>OFW Suspect in HK Slay Case Extradited</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Magno Cruz Manalili]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) extradited on Friday a former overseas Filipino worker accused of murdering an American couple in Hong Kong seven years ago. NBI Interpol division chief and lawyer Claro de Casto Jr. said that Magno Cruz Manalili, 40, a former house helper, was turned over to the custody of Hong Kong [...]


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